Please Recommend a C compiler for use with Python.

[Chris Liechti]

"Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote in
news:b13r58$82q$04$2 at news.t-online.com: 

> Skip Montanaro wrote:
>>     z> I use a generic PC running Win 98.  What's a good, Easy-to-use
>>     and z> install, ANSI C compiler?  I might mention that I mainly
>>     want to z> extend Python by writing routines in C.
>> 
>> You might try Cygwin.
> 
> I'm not so sure that this is a good choice when it comes to extending 
> Python. If the standard Python distribution is to be extended, you 
> really should use MSVC 6 (if you can still get copies of that).

cygwin in mingw mode worked well for me, never had any problem.
i would recomend mingw to someone who does not want the full blown cygwin, 
but a good free compiler.

http://mingw.org/ or http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html for mingw+ide.

chris

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